Anti-LGBTQ zones springing up in Polish regions

Currently, there are 30 zones that have declared themselves “LGBTQ-free” comprising of over 80 municipalities, counties, and provinces.

As a result, the European Parliament wants to address EU grants being given to Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

The EU assembly voted 463 against 107 on a motion urging Warsaw to “revoke all resolutions” that target the LGBTQ community in Poland.

EU lawmakers also called on the EU to control the use of EU funds as a reminder “that such funds should not be used for discriminatory ends.”

Likewise, they said the zones are part of “a broader context of attacks against the LGBTI community in Poland.”

They also expressed deep concern “at the growing number of attacks on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and intersexuals in the EU by states, officials, national and local governments as well as politicians.”

Poland’s anti-LGBTQ zones to promote discrimination

The local Polish authorities in these “anti-LGBTQ zones” promise to refrain from promoting tolerance and providing financial assistance to NGOs working to promote equal rights.

Activists said these actions– while not legally binding– stigmatize and exclude members of the LGBTQ community in these zones.

Earlier, PiS party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski had said: “We are dealing with a direct attack on the family and children—the sexualization of children, that entire LBGT movement, gender.”

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